Dupleix means double. Dupleix kidneys have double ureters opening one below the other. They have a higher chance of obstruction and reflux, presenting with urinary infection. Rarely, the location may be so extreme that it may open outside the bladder and urine keeps leaking. The traditional choices have been to remove that abnormal part of the kidney or to detach and re-implant the ureters back into the bladder, both reasonably major surgeries. While the removal of the abnormal part of the kidney can be achieved by keyhole surgery, there is one more option, if one of the ureters open normally into the bladder; the abnormal ureter can be reconnected to this normal one by a much smaller operation.
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